Quincy king



(No Model.)

Q. KING. BARREL HOOP.

Patehted Aug. 1, 1882.

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

QUINCY KING, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

BARREL-HOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,052, dated August1, 1882.

' Application filed May 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUINCY KING, of Colorado Springs, in the county ofEl Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and ImprovedBarrel-Hoop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists of a spring-conne tion between the ends of abarrel-hoop to form an elastic section by which the hoop may expand whenthe barrel swells to prevent being broken and contract when the barrelshrinks to keep the barrel tight and prevent the hoop from falling orslipping offfrom the barrel. The form of the spring which I employconsists of'a wire or bar of metal bent-forward and backward on itselfina series of loops about as long as the width of the hoop, and beingconnected at the ends to the ends of the hoop, respectively.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel-hoop having an elastic sectionas I propose, and Fig. 2 is a top view of the hoop and horizontalsection of a portion of a barrel.

A represents the hoop, which has a loop, B, at each end for theconnection of the elastic or spring section C, which is here representedas a rod of spring metal bent forward and backward on itself to form aseries of loops, to, as shown, and being connected at the ends byhooking them through the loops B of the hoop.

It is to be understood that my improved hoop is applicable to all hoopedvessels.

1 am aware that it is not new to provide a barrel-hoop with a spring tocompensate for expansion and contraction of the barrel, and do nottherefore desire to broadly claim such; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The special construction shown-that is, a spring formed of loopslying flat against the barrel, thus obviating liability of being caughtby some obstruction andbroken or pulled off by rough handling of thebarrel.

2. The combination, with a barrel-hoop, of an elastic or spring section,C, consisting of a rod or bar of spring metal bent in a series of loops,a, substantially as described.

QUINCY KING. Witnesses:

J. G. KLOEPFER, O. H. P. SHEFFER.

